Thomas A. Fischer

STILL is setting up a direct distribution company in Finland by taking over the Finnish distributor Konekesko Oy. This move is designed to further strengthen its market presence in Scandinavia.

The final transfer of ownership by the competent authorities was scheduled to take place on 1 February 2018.

Going forward, all the company's activities in Finland will be combined under the STILL Finland name, and form part of the Scandinavian STILL sales and service network.

STILL Finland will continue to operate from its current location in Vantaa Hakkila. All Konekesko Oy's business activities in the industrial truck area and all its employees will transfer to the new STILL company.

Pekka Vaisto, department head of Konekesko's industrial truck division, takes over management of the new Finnish STILL national company.

Thomas A. Fischer, managing director of sales, marketing and service (CSO) for STILL, explains: "Setting up a direct distribution company in Finland is the next logical step following the takeover of the STILL business in Norway that was already completed in 2016. As a result, the STILL sales and service network in Scandinavia will comprise Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland, and we will be able to pursue our ambitious aims resolutely on the Scandinavian market.

"Establishing STILL's own network will enable us to serve the quite specific customers' needs in the Nordic countries more professionally and efficiently. At the same time, we will continue to focus on developing the sales, service, rental and used truck areas to allow us to offer the whole STILL service provision spectrum for our Scandinavian customers."